silent partner

Example Sentences

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Much that is worth reading has been written about consciousness and its silent partner, the unconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

It is the silent partner in every coal operation, and China’s operations are enormous.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

There is a silent partner in every screamer of course.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

Over the past three months she discovered that throwing events with a silent partner isn’t as difficult as she thought.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

The affair soon became complicated with business relations and important money interests, Mr. Semple becoming a silent partner in the gigantic ventures of the Spencer Company.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston